Garment holder



June 12, 1934. J. w. cRoNK GARMENT HOLDER Filed Sept. l9, 1933 INVENTOR Jain W (rank 2 BY 5 M ATTORNEY Patented June 12, 1934 GARMENT HOLDER John W. Cronk, Newburgh, N. Y.

Application September 19, 1933, Serial No. 690,051

4 Claims.

This invention relates to garment holders and is herein illustrated as embodied in a coat hanger. When such holders as coat hangers are hung on outdoor clothes lines they are often violently swung by the wind and the clothes and hanger fall to the ground, soiling the clothes.

C'oat hangers used to hang up garments in large bags, commonly tar-impregnated bags, also 01 ten become dislodged dropping the garments tothe bottom of the bag where they lie in a heap frequently for months at a time.

According to the present invention these and other objections to the ordinary coat hanger are overcome. In the form illustrated the usual turned-over end of the heavy metal wire is lengthened on its end, bent into a short coil spring and then bent back to form a catch hook which may be passed over a clothes line or other support and then sprung down to catch its bent up end under the heavy wire. This locks the hanger to the clothes line so that no jarring or blowing will dislodge it. Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 shows the; hanger hooked to a clothes line.

Figure 2 shows the hanger catch hook released.

Figure 3 is a view of the parts seen in Figure 1 on the line 3-3.

The hanger shown is largely a common form of coat hanger having a curved wooden bar 10 adapted to support a coat. Through the center of the bar passes the straight shank or length 11 of a resilient heavy wire or light red 12, headed over at its end 13 so as to hold the bar 10.

The upper end 14 of the heavy wire 12 is shown as bent over to form a familiar type of hook 15 which may catch on a clothes line or other support.

According to the present invention the end 16 or" the hook 15 is bent into a turn and a half coil 1'7 so that it forms a spring, and the free end of the wire is bent back along a curve 18 spaced from the curve of the hook 15.

At the end 19 of the curve 18 the wire is bent down and then up to form a small hook 20 which is adapted to be bent down and caught under the curve 15 behind the shank 11. When the curve 13 is above a clothes line 21 or other support and the hook 15 is below the clothes line, the hanger is positively locked to the clothes line when the small hook 20 catches under the curve 15.

Having thus described certain embodiments of the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A hanger including a member on which a garment is supported, a hook rising from said member, an extension of said hook forming a spring, an extension of the spring adapted to lie over a support, and a second hook at the end of the extension adapted to catch under the first hook to hold down the extension and support the hanger from the support.

2. A hanger including a wooden member on which a garment is supported, a wire passing through the wooden member to support it and bent over to form a hook, a coil of the wire at the end of the hook, an extension of the wire spaced above the hook adapted to catch over a support, and a second hook at the end of the extension adapted to catch under the first hook to hold down the xtension and support the hanger from the support.

3. A hanger including a member on which a garment is supported, a resilient rod engaging said member and bent over to support it, an extension of the supporting extension forming a spring, and a second extension of the resilient rod beyond the spring forming a hook adapted to catch under the bent rod so as to hold the hanger to a support.

l. A hanger including a member on which a garment is supported, a resilient rod passing through the member so that the ends of the member may support a garment, a hook of the rod rising clear of the member, a spring on the hook, and an extension of the spring including a second hook adapted to catch the first hook and hold a supporting member between the extension and the first hook.

JOHN W. CRONK. 

